Sounds very submissive.
Sounds very platonic, masochistic, weak, or (all 3) Christian Virtue…
Rather, we should treat others as you wish to be treated… And then when their response is sure, “treat others as you have been treated.” Love those who deserve love, and destroy those who deserve wrath. A law of basic human nature.
a reminder that these “values” from religion have been used to keep slaves in line
I disagree, I don’t see pacifist values as weak at all , quite the opposite in fact.
I don’t agree with a lot of religious teachings, but this is one thing I think they (in theory if not in practice) get right.
Least Nitzschean elefant.
The elephant forgives
But he never forgets
Wait until that elephant hears what they did to Topsy
That’s just rhetoric people tell themselves to convince themselves they have power they actually don’t.
You know what happens when you tell an enemy you forgive them? They respond, “Excellent! I’m no longer responsible for doing THIS,” and then they repeat the behavior you sold out your self-respect thinking you could score a gotcha moment over.
